Safe Trading Tips

Tips to make international trade safer

In the growing market, we could find lot of illegitimate suppliers trying to perform fraudulent activities. In this article, SulekhaB2B recommend some simple tips to find legitimate suppliers online and trade safely:

Read full product description and company information before you enquire

Know complete and comprehensive information about product and terms to order by reading full description posted by suppliers. Also, before sending enquiry read about the companys background by reading full description about the company.

Check for registered address and contact details of a company

Its always recommended to check and cross verify contact details of trading partner given to you or posted online. If the provided address is from USA and phone number belongs to any other country, we suggest you to re-confirm that the person youre in touch is really working in the company. If your trading partner is Biz-Verified member, cross-check Biz-Verified profile with details provided.

Have a track of your communications

Have a track of all your communications. Be cautious and communicate via email with your online trading partners to have proper records and use landline phone communication to confirm the person. And also get product & technical specifications in written form.

Guidelines to order or provide samples

If youre a buyer, order sample before confirming purchase order to make sure that it meets your expectations in all aspects. Being a supplier, while sending samples we recommend to claim payment or shipping charges before sending it.

Never pay in advance

Some suppliers may ask you to pay full and partial amount in advance to confirm your order, its purely not recommended to pay in advance while trading with the company for first time. If youre intended to pay partial amount in advance, ensure you have did all the background checks before making payment and opt for payment via L/C / PayPal / Escrow. If supplier says that cash payment has to made, then treat this transaction more sensitive.

Always use secured method for payment

If supplier insists you to pay through Western Union or Wire Transfer which will be credited to their personal account and real owner cannot be traced, please avoid making payment. It is best to use L/C / PayPal / Escrow mode to make payments instead of any other / personal transfers.

Beware of extremely discounted leads

Never trust suppliers, who offer you unbelievably high discounts from original price of the product. This spam trick is mostly used by fraud suppliers who deal in Mobile Phones, Replica Goods, MP3, iPods, Game Consoles and other Electronic Gadget to tempt buyers for ordering vast quantity.

Suspect fake email address and phone numbers

Fraudsters are technically strong; they may use fake email address and phone numbers to trick you. All numbers starting +447 are fake since it claims to be a UK origin number and routed to other country.

Verify your suppliers / buyers before trading

Credit Report is a comprehensive report to authenticate and evaluate legal and financial status of a company. It covers detailed information on company legitimacy, profitability, growth or decline trends and details of capitalization of any company, worldwide. Credit report will help to prevent risk involved in partnering with new or unknown business firms.

To conclude, be updated and help other traders also to get updated. This will make online a safer & better place for global business transactions. As one of the largest B2B portal, SulekhaB2B committed to help international traders to prevent fraudulent activities.